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Brooks Hays

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 9, 1898 in London, AR
Died: October 11, 1981 in Chevy Chase, MD

Education:

  • University of Arkansas, A.B., 1919
  • George Washington University, J.D., 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant AR Attorney General, 1925-1927
  • Member of DNC, 1932-1939
  • Administrator in New Deal agencies, 1934-1942
  • Assistant to Presidents Kennedy & Johnson, 1961-1964


Election Results for Brooks Hays


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 43 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 16,850 100.0%
1944 45 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 33,215 87.1%
1946 47 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 21,777 85.2%
1948 49 AR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 52,085 100.0%
1948 49 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 36,440 86.9%
1950 51 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 54,338 100.0%
1952 53 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 53,056 78.8%
1954 55 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 51,828 100.0%
1956 57 AR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,885 72.5%
1956 57 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 56,271 100.0%
1958 59 AR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,679 59.0%
1958 59 AR D U.S. House District 05 General 2 29,483 49.0%
1966 67 AR D Governor Primary 3 64,814 15.4%
1972 73 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 2 54,986 35.2%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Brooks Hays


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1943 44 House 85 8 D 95
1944 45 House 77 10 D 82
1945 46 House 72 10 D 84
1946 47 House 87 11 D 93
1947 48 House 68 5 D 69 92
1948 49 House 83 17 D 87 67
1949 50 House 71 21 D 85 69
1950 51 House 79 10 D 87 50
1951 52 House 85 9 D 85 58
1952 53 House 82 14 D 89 54
1953 54 House 71 26 R 71 93 64
1954 55 House 67 30 R 61 32 89 63
1955 56 House 77 6 R 56 22 86 80
1956 57 House 72 25 R 65 29 95 71
1957 58 House 68 15 R 63 28 81 89
1958 59 House 49 16 R 42 22 60 56


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.